Spokesman for the firm, Keith Moran said: “As part of our client engagement and recruitment strategy, we now operate five offices across Ireland and the UK.

"The geographic spread of our business has been one of our biggest and best investments allowing us to recruit and retain top engineering talent and graduates who are keen to live near their home towns and families.

"We are currently in a period of rapid expansion, having welcomed our 51st team member this week, and look forward to recruiting another 20 engineers by early 2017."

SL Controls has expanded into Europe with sights set on new territories and markets in the Food, Med Device and Pharma markets.

The company has established a new compliance department and recently completed customised serialisation solutions in Germany, Belgium, Holland, Sweden and France.